Blewbury

Blewbury

Blewbury is a civil parish and village in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England (historically in Berkshire), about three miles south of Didcot. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,528.

Long popular with writers, Blewbury has over the years been home to Kenneth Grahame cite web
last = Marshalls
title = Blewbury
url = http://www.marshallsgroup.com/Blewbury.htm
accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] ,
Barbara Euphan Todd [ cite web
last = Book Rags
title = Barbara Euphan Todd Biography
url = http://www.bookrags.com/biography/barbara-euphan-todd-dlb/
accessdate = 2008-01-11 ] (writer of the Worzel Gummidge books),
Dick Francis and Marguerite Steen .

Between Blewbury and Aston Tirrold is Blewburton Hill, an Iron Age fort.

References

External links

* [http://www.blewbury.co.uk Blewbury Bulletin website]
* [http://www.blewburybrassband.org.uk Blewbury Brass Band]
* [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/blewbury.html Royal Berkshire History: Blewbury]
* [http://www.blewburycc.com Blewbury and Upton Cricket Club website]


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